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Balloon Instructor Refresher Seminar

To revalidate your FI(B) ✓

To revalidate your FI(B) certificate for next validity period, you need to meet the certain requirements specified by Part-BFCL. Besides the recent experience and instructor flight under supervision, you are required to attend the instructor refresher training every 3 years. ProfiPilot Training provides balloon instructor refresher seminars driven by an experienced instructors and other professionals. This makes our FI(B) Refresher seminars a nice platform to share up-to-date knowledge and experience.

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Overview

FI(B) Refresher Seminar overview

The flight instructor refresher training for the revalidation of the FI(B) certificate is provided as a seminar organized by ProfiPilot Training. Besides the formal sessions, the seminar allows time for presentations and related questions. Instructor Refresher Seminar consists of formal instruction with interactive videos and other teaching aids, breakout groups and workshops.

 

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Prerequisites

To be enrolled into the FI(B) refresher seminar, you have to be a holder of a valid FI(B) certificate and all other requirements to act as a pilot-in-command on respective aeroplane class. Should your FI(B) is expired, you need to be enrolled into the FI(B) refresher training.

 

 

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Content

The FI(B) refresher seminar covers following topics related to the balloon operation aspects:

  • new or current rules or regulations;
  • teaching and learning;
  • instructional techniques;
  • the role of the instructor;
  • national regulations (as applicable);
  • human factors;
  • flight safety, incident and accident prevention;
  • airmanship;
  • legal aspects and enforcement procedures;
  • navigational skills including new or current radio navigation aids;
  • teaching instrument flying;
  • weather-related topics including methods of distribution;
  • any additional topic selected by the competent authority.
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Duration

The Balloon Instructor Refresher seminars are running for at least 1 day with a minimum of 6 hours of teaching time.  The attendance from participants is required for the whole duration of the instructor refresher seminar including breakout groups and workshops. Different aspects, such as inclusion of participants holding certificates in different balloon class or hot-air balloon group will be carefully considered by ProfiPilot Training as possible credit.

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Privileges

As a Balloon Instructor within the last three years before the planned exercise of instructor privileges, you are required to complete:

  • balloon instructor refresher training at ProfiPilot Training during which you will receive theoretical knowledge instruction for refreshing and updating the knowledge relevant for balloon instructors;
  • at least 6 hours of flight instruction in balloons as FI(B); and
  • within the last nine years to complete the instruction flight under supervision

 “There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”

Our Instructor Refreshers are led by an experienced balloon pilots as well as the senior instructors with proven teaching track lasting many years. Besides knowledge, you will make new contacts and you will meet the people you can always call for an advice.

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